That is exactly why the code sprint during foss4g is at the end of the conf
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:05 AM, Andrew Turner <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Catherine Burton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Would it be possible to hold WhereCamp the weekend before Where 2.0? My > > thought it that Memorial Day weekend may be a problem for some people. > > Travel and hotel costs may be slightly higher and those with kids or > loved > > ones with the day off may want to spend time with them. > > > > When this has been discussed in the past the general idea was that > everyone is preparing for Where (presentations, organizing, booths, > etc.) so "sitting around" brainstorming may not be an option. In > addition, there are often many new announcements that people wouldn't > be able to talk about beforehand. > > I could imagine that it would be interesting to demo/highlight some of > the interesting hacks at Where2.0 that come out of a preceding > WhereCamp, but WhereCamp is also exhausting, and going from > all-nighters into a conference would be trying. > > From my perspective, WhereCamp leads Where2.0 by about 2-3 years. > We've come out of the exhilarating "here's what's just crossing the > horizon" at Where2.0 and then can move into thinking "What's just > beyond that horizon" at WhereCamp. > > Anyways, that's just my opinion. Looking forward to the result of Anselm's > poll. > Andrew > > > > > Also, are there space/accommodation requirements for where WhereCamp is > > held? I know at Google last year they feed us, gave us tents and cool > > places to hang out. Is all of that required by one sponsor or is there a > > possibility that those responsibilities could be divided among a few > > groups. Further expanding on this thought – perhaps NASA Ames could > provide > > us with the space to meet but then some other group could sponsor food > and > > goodies. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Catherine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > Catherine Burton > > > > Member, Endpoint Environmental LLC > > > > Lead Organizer, Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks Meetup Group > > > > Office: (415) 668-4222 > > > > Cell: (415) 902-0403 > > > > Creating Your Map > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Longson > (nym) > > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:09 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Geowanking] wherecamp 2009 space > > > > > > > > Lets do it in a missle silo like Toorcamp! > > ( http://www.toorcamp.org/ ) > > > > nym > > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Anselm Hook <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey rockstar peeps, > > > > Ryan Sarver and I are looking around for space for WhereCamp 2009 San > > Francisco - which looks like it will be on May 23rd and 24th 2009 > > since Where 2.0 is May 21st onwards : > > > > http://en.oreilly.com/where2009/ > > > > http://wherecamp.pbwiki.com/WhereCamp2009 > > > > Memorial Day of course is on May 25th. We think that this won't affect > > our crowd very much but if you have any thoughts about this please > > advise. > > > > We do have some choice in good spaces where we could go; notably the > > awesome venues we've used before such as the Yahoo Campus - but it > > just seems fair to let everybody have their say. > > > > If you have any thoughts please dm me. > > > > Also of course we'll be looking for sponsorship - please sponsor if you > can. > > > > Other WhereCamp's that I know of coming up include WhereCampAfrica (in > > April 2009 I believe ) and WhereCampPDX ( in September 2009 ) - these > > folks will be twittering as well into the main channel so keep your > > eyes on the twitternets : > > > > http://twitter.com/wherecamp > > > > Take care, > > > > anselm - http://twitter.com/anselm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > > > > > -- > Andrew Turner > mobile: 248.982.3609 > [email protected] > http://highearthorbit.com > > http://geocommons.com Helping build the Geospatial Web > Introduction to Neogeography - http://oreilly.com/catalog/neogeography > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org >
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